Oxford's own figures for 2025 entry: offer rates from 6.0% to 21.6% across the 12 courses we cover. Pick a course to work out your own chances.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
Once shortlisted, the interview decides: candidates averaging 70 or more got an offer 94% of the time (2022 entry).
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
The test does most of the sorting before interview: 87% of offers went to the top quarter of TSA scores (2019 to 2023 entry), and the interview decides the rest.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
Interview marks track offers closely: candidates averaging 4 or more out of 5 got an offer 96% of the time, and those below 3 only 3 of 120 (2017, 2018 and 2020 entry).
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
One course, three combinations: pooled over 2019 to 2026 entry, Philosophy and Linguistics had the highest offer rate, 25.4% (62 of 244).
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
About 1 in 5 applicants got an offer for 2025 entry (36 of 167), and the two interview marks decide most of them.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
Close to half of applicants are interviewed (47.7% for 2025 entry), and about 3 in 10 interviewees get an offer.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
The MAT did most of the sorting before interview: for 2020 to 2023 entry, 78% to 85% of offers went to the top quarter of that year's marks.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
In every year with linked data (2018 to 2023 entry), 88% to 98% of offers went to the top quarter of MAT marks.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
Below 60 on the MAT, nobody got an offer for 2025 entry (0 of 357), while 26 of the 31 scoring 90 or more did.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
14.1% of applicants got an offer for 2025 entry, against 10.5% for single-honours Mathematics.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
Offer holders averaged 51.0 on the MAT for 2026 entry, against 65.3 for Computer Science on the same paper.
2025 entry, from the university's own figures
Once interviewed, the interview mark lines up closely with the outcome: 71 of 73 candidates marked 5 out of 5 by their first college got an offer (2025 entry).
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12courses, each with its own model
2025 entry, from Oxford's admissions statistics. Most applicants who miss out are turned away before interview.
| Course | Test | Applied | Interviewed | Offers | Offer rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Sciences | TARA | 167 | 104 (62%) | 36 | 21.6% |
| Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics | TARA | 282 | 100 (35%) | 45 | 16.0% |
| Philosophy, Politics and Economics | TARA | 1,895 | 692 (37%) | 274 | 14.5% |
| Mathematics and Philosophy | TMUA | 170 | 52 (31%) | 24 | 14.1% |
| Computer Science and Philosophy | TMUA | 131 | 38 (29%) | 18 | 13.7% |
| Experimental Psychology | TARA | 490 | 151 (31%) | 67 | 13.7% |
| History and Economics | TARA | 132 | 63 (48%) | 18 | 13.6% |
| Law (Jurisprudence) | LNAT | 1,818 | 575 (32%) | 239 | 13.1% |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | TMUA | 611 | 172 (28%) | 80 | 13.1% |
| Mathematics | TMUA | 1,931 | 634 (33%) | 202 | 10.5% |
| Computer Science | TMUA | 710 | 187 (26%) | 68 | 9.6% |
| Economics and Management | TARA | 1,543 | 280 (18%) | 92 | 6.0% |
Of the courses we cover, Economics and Management had the lowest offer rate for 2025 entry: 6.0% (92 offers from 1,543 applicants), against 21.6% for Human Sciences.
Philosophy, Politics and Economics: 37% (692 of 1,895); Economics and Management: 18% (280 of 1,543); Experimental Psychology: 31% (151 of 490); Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics: 35% (100 of 282); Human Sciences: 62% (104 of 167); History and Economics: 48% (63 of 132); Mathematics: 33% (634 of 1,931); Computer Science: 26% (187 of 710); Mathematics and Computer Science: 28% (172 of 611); Mathematics and Philosophy: 31% (52 of 170); Computer Science and Philosophy: 29% (38 of 131); Law (Jurisprudence): 32% (575 of 1,818), for 2025 entry.
Ten Oxford course codes require TARA for 2027 entry: Economics and Management, Experimental Psychology, History and Economics, History and Politics, Human Sciences, Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with and without a Foundation Year), and all three combinations of Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics (Psychology and Philosophy, Psychology and Linguistics, and Philosophy and Linguistics).
GhostPrep is independent of the University of Oxford. Figures describe past applicants and are an estimate for planning, with no guarantee of any outcome.